Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 123

New Journeys to the West
Canossa School (Hong Kong), Shih, Maan Chi - 11
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he young monk Xuanzang and his disciples, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing set off on
their journey to the West to get the Buddhist sacred texts. They left the capital Cheung On and
went into a desert. One day, there was a sand storm and the wind blew so fiercely that they were
carried thousands of miles away. They got lost and finally, they found they were at a place called Hong
Kong. Xuanzang had never seen such a place. There were a lot of people in the street. When they saw a
monk, a monkey, a pig and a friar in strange costumes, they were very curious and gathered mind them.
Soon, someone from the crowd called, “Ten, nine, eight…two, one! Happy New Year! It is the year of
2017!”
I was at the countdown outside Times Square, with my mum and dad. We were taking photos
of the beautiful Christmas lights. Suddenly, I heard people at the corner shouting, “You four are devils!
Go away!” We went to see what was happening.
I saw the monkey fighting with some men while the pig was eating ice cream. A monk was
trying to stop the fighting. They looked familiar and I remembered that in my Chinese lesson in the
morning, my teacher told us the story of Journey to the West. I recognized that they were the characters
in the book. Then, I told my dad. At first, my dad did not believe me. Then I showed him my Chinese
book and he found out that it was true. We decided to bring them home. Dad tried to stop the fighting
and told the people that they were just having a costume party. At last, Xuanzang and his disciples
followed us to our home.
We offered the four visitors from history some vegetarian food. Dad told them that they were
now in Hong Kong in the year of 2017. Xuanzang said they needed to go back to the Tang Dynasty and
continue their journey to get the Buddhist sacred texts. After discussing this for some time, Mum and
Dad decided to buy four air tickets for them to get to India. Dad made sure Sun Wukong know how to
go back to the history with his magical power before taking them to the airport.When we arrived at the
airport,Sun Wukong invited me to go on the journey with them.I thought for a while and I decided to
follow them.
Finally ,we went in time history with Sun Wukong’s magical power.i thought.On the way ,we
met a lot of monsters but we worked as a team and defeated all the monsters.It was very rewarding to
make the journey with them.We did not give up at all the time and we got the Buddhist sacred texts at
last. I felt so happy!ultimately I made friends with Xuanzang and his disciples, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie
and Sha Wujing and I took a lot of photos with them .In the end,I went back home with their magical
power.The journey was really so incredible!
I was so happy that they could successfully complete their journey. One day, I got a letter bought by a
pigeon. The letter was written by Xuanzang telling that they had gone back to China after getting the
sacred texts. He thanked us for helping them to achieve their mission. Every time I read the book
“Journey to the West”, I know that we really did a good job.